Economy, Business & Finance
Infrastructure spending: does North Wales get its fair share?
We don’t know exactly who in the UK gets what out of infrastructure spending. Read
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Comparing UK regions
Fact checks related to reporting of differences between UK nations and regions including council tax and leveling up funding
Economy, Business & Finance
Does the UK have the poorest regions in northern Europe?
The UK has six of the poorest 10 regions comparing GDP per person against nearby countries, but this doesn’t mean the people who live there are poorer. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
32,000 people work in the British steel industry
32,000 people worked in steel in 2016. More than half of these jobs are in Wales, and Yorkshire and Humber. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Does the government spend £50 billion on debt interest payments?
Interest payments on government debt are higher than spending on defence or primary education, but slightly lower than secondary education and the NHS pay bill. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
60% of Northern Ireland’s exports go to the rest of the UK
Correct that 60% of all sales from Northern Ireland went to Great Britain in 2015. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
SNP Manifesto: Productivity and unemployment
Scotland's productivity has been growing faster than the UK's as a whole, but its still catching up. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
UKIP Manifesto: the Barnett Formula
We've factchecked claims from UKIP's 2017 election manifesto. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Labour Manifesto: Firefighters
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How have wages changed over the past decade?
The UK average weekly wage has fallen from around £540 to £520 in real terms over the past 10 years. Wages have levelled off since 2016. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Poverty in Wales
23% of people in Wales lived in a household where the income is below 60% of the UK median between 2013/14 and 2015/16. That’s including housing costs, and is roughly 700,000 people. Read
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